Nazzareno Vitali - Untitled

Since the 19th century, when painting began to explore various aspects of bourgeois life, the circus world has been a theme explored by various artists. With the development of Symbolist and Expressionist movements between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the figure of the acrobat, circus performer, or mask began to gain popularity, as it played a key role in the development of complex iconographies with hidden and mysterious meanings. Examples include the figures of artists and harlequins immortalized by Picasso during his "blue" and "rose" periods. During the 1970s and 1980s, it became a true genre, practiced by many painters, who focused their interest primarily on the figure of the clown.

Nazzareno Vitali's pictorial production has a distinctly Symbolist flavor, even in its chosen subject (the mask), which, in addition to representing a certain marginalized humanity, also expresses an unmistakable, mysterious melancholy. Formally, the character's symbolic aura is enhanced through a synthetic representation conducted with a bold line that empties out volumes and eliminates facial details. In this way, the subject takes on an iconic character, and the work can break away from a simple, contingent representation to take on broader, more hidden meanings. From a chromatic perspective, neutral tones prevail, but the inspiration from Picasso's Blue and Rose periods is evident.

Nazzareno Vitali is a painter from Bergamo who drew inspiration from Symbolism. His favorite subjects are masks and harlequins.

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